ABB appoints Andrea Antonelli as general counsel and corporate secretary

Global technology company ABB has appointed Andrea Antonelli (pictured) as general counsel and member of the executive committee, as of March 1, 2022. He will succeed Maria Varsellona, who will, as previously announced, leave the company to become chief legal officer of Unilever. Furthermore, Andrea will become ABB’s company secretary on March 24, 2022, following the Annual General Meeting. 

Andrea Antonelli joined ABB in July 2020 and is currently global business general counsel of ABB’s electrification business area. Prior to that, he was at the Tetra Pak Group, where he held various positions as regional general counsel including vice president legal affairs of global commercial operations. Earlier in his career, Antonelli served as counsel and risk attorney at General Electric Oil & Gas as well as senior counsel at Fluor Corporation. He also practiced law for two and a half years at DLA Piper London offices.